Michigan · Nonprofit
FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $120k
What Fair Michigan Foundation does
Mission
The purposes for which Fair Michigan Foundation is organized are exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1986. Includes: Conducting research and educating the public on issues related to civil rights, and non-discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity; advocating for these purposes to the extent that no substantial part of the activities is carrying on the propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, except as otherwise provided under section 501(h) of the code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Fair Michigan Justice Project (FMJP) is a collaboration between Fair Michigan and the Wayne County Michigan Prosecutor's Office which focuses on capital offenses committed against members of the LGBTQ community. The FMJP investigates and prosecutes these cases, using our unique access to the LGBTQ community to assist victims and work with witnesses, making the Detroit Metro area safer for all members of the community. Aspects of the FMJP have been extended to Ingham, Oakland, and Washtenaw counties, including guidance in investigating and prosecuting crimes against LGBTQ persons and victim assistance.
$17,657 spent55% of program spendingFair Michigan outreach services include discussion and education in our community about LGBTQ issues, working with law enforcement to improve handling of crime involving LGBTQ persons, creating connections in the community to help fight crime, and providing both emergency and longer term assistance to victims and community members, sometimes in collaboration with existing organizations such as shelters, food pantries, and medical and counseling facilities.
$10,543 spent33% of program spendingFair Michigan Renaming Project helps deserving and vulnerable transgender individuals in Southeastern Michigan secure legal name and gender marker changes. Not having state-issued IDs that reflect their actual name and gender can seriously impact their safety as well as opportunities for housing and employment. We guide them through the process, including legal and financial help. Our clients must meet the qualifications for a name and marker change and show financial need.
$3,950 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,150.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $268k to $152k (−43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
12% of FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mary Maguire
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $30k → $9k.
From the IRS filings of FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 56% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
90% of FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION's revenue fell 90% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 735 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $39,000 in grants to FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION?
- DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing